SoLAgreen: An Earth Worthy Day of Fun

Saturday, May 2nd 10am—4pm
Where: Lewis Ave. (from Decatur to Halsey)

9-11am- Street Tree Stewardship Training (Brownstone Books)
10-11am-Container Garden Workshop (Creative Blossoms)
10:30am-Free Landscape and Garden Consultations with landscape designer Bryan Quinn, owner of One Nature, LLC. Visit One Nature’s consultation table for free advice on how to develop your property in a sustainable fashion. An expert in horticulture, landscape architecture, construction, and city planning, Bryan has more than 10 years experience in sustainable design and lives in BedStuy. Bring photos of your property or just questions for your free design and construction consultation! (Lewis and Decatur)
11-1pm-Eco-friendly Kids Workshops w/ EsterGrace & reGeneration (Marlene’s Hair Stylist & Lewis Gallery)
12-3pm-Toy Swap: Swap out your gently used children’s toys (Little Red Boutique)
12-3pm-Kids Clothing Swap: Sponsored by Bklyn Clothing Exchange – Bring all your clean, unwanted, out-grown children and baby stuff to swap with others. Leftovers will be donated to a local charity. (Lewis Gallery)
1-2pm-Bring a Little Nature to your backyard with a Painted Birdhouse (House of Art)
2pm-Composting Workshop w/ Master Composter, Lol Fow (Bread-Stuy)
2-3pm-Container Garden Workshop (Creative Blossoms)
3pm-Making Local Produce Work—Cooking Demonstration (Peaches)
4pm-Tree Give-A-Way (Therapy Wine Bar)

Loads of info on recycling will be available throughout the day!

SATURDAY, MAY 2nd

WORKSHOP: CONTAINER GARDEN

Join us for our first Workshop on Saturday, May 2nd from10am-11am, and 2pm-3pm! We are offering a FREE CONTAINER GARDEN WORKSHOP – we will demonstrate how to plant window boxes and planters.

There will also be a plant sale to help you decorate your own personal containers/planters.

These are the major flower holidays for the year 2009. We encourage pre-ordering so don’t wait until the last minute to get your arrangement made at creative blossoms!!! We will custom create all floral arrangements to fit your specifications!

Major Flower Holidays 2009

Valentine’s Day – Sat., February 14th
Palm Sunday – Sun., April 5th
Passover – Thurs., April 9th
Easter – Sun., April 12th
Secretary’s Week  – Mon. – Fr., April 19th – 25th
Mother’s Day – Sun., May 10th
Father’s Day – Sun., June 21st
Grandparent’s Day – Sun., September 13th
Rosh Hashanah – Sat., September 19th
Thanksgiving – Thurs., November 26th
Hanukkah – Sat., December 12th
Christmas – Fri., December 25th
Kwanzaa – Sat., December 26th

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